[Oe List ...] John Epps completed life

[Diann McCabe]

Thank you, Karen. And thanks for including the link to the archives
earlier, showing those who've died. Reading those names, remembering those
lives sometimes intersecting with mine with gratitude.--Diann McCabe

On Tue, May 16, 2023 at 8:39 AM Karen Snyder via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
wrote:

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> On Jun 26, 2020, at 12:16 PM, Beret Griffith via OE <
> oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
>
> In thanks for the life of John Epps
> In appreciation for life changing conversations
> To hear him again through his writings....doorways, always doorways.
>
> An offering from another writer...
> Praying
> by Mary Oliver
>
>
> It doesn’t have to be
> the blue iris, it could be
> weeds in a vacant lot, or a few
> small stones; just
> pay attention, then patch
> a few words together and don’t try
> to make them elaborate, this isn’t
> a contest but the doorway
> into thanks, and a silence in which
> another voice may speak.
>
> John's work as General Editor for the Bending History books - a gift to
> all.
>
> On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 11:41 AM Sarah H. Buss via OE <
> oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
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>> Blessings in transition to you, John, and to you, Ann.
>> Sarah
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> > On Jun 26, 2020, at 10:11 AM, Jack Gilles via OE <
>> oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > Ann,
>> >
>> > I want to join with my colleagues and the hosts of people who ever
>> encountered John. He was the bearer or the wisdom of profound living, he
>> was the presence of one who served and his love was boundless. May he rest,
>> in a Journey completed in embracing the Mystery. May God bless him and
>> comfort you. I miss him. Thank you John.
>> >
>> > Peace,
>> >
>> > Jack
>> >
>> >> On Jun 26, 2020, at 8:11 AM, John Epps via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Dear Communion of Saints,
>> >>
>> >> John's earthly existence was completed on Wednesday morning, June 24,
>> 2020.
>> >>
>> >> His last words were "thank you," the same words he wrote to you on
>> June 9 in his brief comments, "Thanks for the memories."
>> >>
>> >> For five days we were privileged to be in the lovely Denver Hospice
>> which enveloped us with grace and compassion.
>> >>
>> >> I am grateful for your many comments of appreciation for John in
>> response to his "Last Collegium."
>> >>
>> >> His remains will be interred at the Montview Presbyterian Church
>> Columbarium in Denver.
>> >>
>> >> Grace and Peace,
>> >>
>> >> Ann
>> >>
>> >>
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